UNIT 16
HISTORICAL PLACES
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:
1/ A. historical B. arrival C. brilliant D. still
2/ A. places B. houses C. increases D. chooses
3/ A. laureate B. teach C. season D. mean
4/ A. famous B. passage C. talent D. carry
5/ A. cultural B. such C. suggest D. particular
6/ A. backs B. scholars C. ways D. festivals
7/ A. Confucian B. doctor C. follow D. long
8/ A. thought B. ground C. about D. noun
9/ A. behavior B. between C. became D. relic
10/ A. established B. talented C. educated D. needed
II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
1/ A. historical B. renovation C. traditional D. continuous
2/ A. famous B. become C. relic D. passage
3/ A. Confucian B. cultural C. architect D. festival
4/ A. behavior B. brilliant C. existence D. impressive
5/ A. establish B. impressive C. successful D. typical
6/ A. educated B. initially C. wonderfully D. beautifully
7/ A. memorialize B. university C. originally D. occasionally
8/ A. laureate B. together C. engraving D. italic
9/ A. achievement B. important C. following D. consider
10/ A. tortoise B. between C. scholar D. doctor
III/ Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:

A
B

1/ relic
2/ representative
A/ accomplish
B/ set up

3/ establish
4/ memorialize
C/ appealing
D/ symbolic

5/ brilliant
6/ achieve
E/ restore
F/ odd

7/ repair
8/ impress
G/ carnival
H/ vestige

9/ festival
10/ attractive
I/ celebrate
J/ imprint

IV/ Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:

A
B

1/ late
2/ brilliant
A/ dull
B/ first

3/ achieve
4/ traditional
C/ fail
D/ early

5/ impressive
6/ success
E/ ugly
F/ petty

7/ final
8/ beautiful
G/ rise
H/ loss

9/ typical
10/ fall
I/ unconventional
J/ irregular

V/ Match the sentences, clauses or phrases in column A with the ones in column B to make meaningful sentences:

A
B

1/ It’s cheaper to go by car
A/ than anybody else.

2/ The garden looks better
B/ further than I thought.

3/ I know him well-probably better
C/ more difficult than we expected.

4/ He did very badly in the exam-
D/ The one I’ve got keeps breaking down.

5/ It’s a long walk from here to the station-
E/ I used to play more often.

6/ I don’t play tennis much these days.
F/ worse than expected.

7/ The exam was quite difficult-
G/ so I went to bed earlier than usual.

8/ It’s too noisy here.
H/ than by train.

9/ I was feeling tired last night,
I/ Can we go somewhere quieter?

10/ I’d like to have a more reliable car.
J/ since you tied it up.

VI/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ She specializes in _______ novels set in eighteenth-century England.
A. history B. historian C. historic D. historical
2/ She`s studying modern Japanese language and _______.
A. culture B. cultured C. cultural D. culturally
3/ He is best known as the _______ of a long-running TV series.
A. origin B. original C. originality D. originator
4/ Ask me again tomorrow. I`ll have to give it some _______.
A. think B. thinking C. thought D. thoughtful
5/ Reducing the size of classes